The Goo Goo Dolls

Ok so now it's time to dork out and start talking about one of my favorite bands, The Goo Goo Dolls. They came to fame in 1995 with their song Name which has some great lyrics that you can really dig into, the type that you can have one, or several different, meanings behind the song.

The band grew to superstardom with their song Iris which is really well known but just not by name, the song is off their Dizzy Up the Girl album and spent about 18 weeks at the top of the billboard charts. The song is another one you can dig into and find your own personal meanings to. I, along with many others, love the song and the band, which was evident in their Something for the Rest of Us Tour this past summer, a tour promoting their newest album. While Something for the Rest of Us is the name of their newest album it is also the name of another great track by this phenomenal band. I think they truly are a band to suit, what some might call, the common folk, or "the rest of us."
Iris:

Something for the Rest of Us:

I went to their concert in Bethel, Ny over the summer of 2011 with my brother, and after a comment about how normal or plain everyone looked at the concert, I either jokingly thought or said "Well that's because their 'Something for the Rest of Us.'" I laughed, at least to myself, I don't really remember how exactly it went down. Along with two of the three songs listed above people probably know the dolls for songs like Black Balloon, Slide, Broadway, a remake of the Supertramp's song Give a Little Bit, and Better Days. All of these songs just remind me of my childhood, considering the radio consisted of boy bands, girl bands, and what might be considered "Adult Contemporary" bands, which at the time were bands like The Goo Goo Dolls and Matchbox Twenty.
Black Balloon:

Slide:

Broadway:

Give a Little Bit:

Better Days: